The Sun. — London, England, 1864-07-18 00:00:00

TN what " Happy Land" can I see you after the "Opera?" I only know of One HAPPY LAND la which a Gentleman may Sup—EVA.NS', COVENT GARDEN, my dear fellow! THE OXFORD AND CANTERBURY HALL COMPANY (Lima ed). Incorporated under the Companies' Act, 1862. Capital £120,000, in 8,000 shares of £l5 each. Deposit on application £1 per share and £2 on allotment. No call will be made until at least two months after the date of allotment, with an interral of three months between each call, which will not exceed Xi at any one time. It is not contemplated to call up more than £lO per share. DIRECTORS. Evan B. Jones, Esq., 15, Han , ,ver-street, Hanover-square, Chairman. George F. Anderson, Esq., 38, Nottingham-place, York-gate, Regent's-park. George Bermingham, Esq., Kentish Town. Itueben Whitmore, Esq., 63, CornhilL F. W. King, Esq., Hit marton-villas, Camdln-r -way. „Aid, Hello- Charles Morton, Esq., Grove Hon: Director. e, Putney, Managing With power t add to their number. BANKERS. The London Said County Bank, Lombard street, and 44 1, Oxford-street. Robert Joseph Clark,, AUDITOR. , 143 q. (Messrs. R. Josh. Clarke and Ford, Public At . '",:ountants, 9, Old Je wry-chamber a). BROKER. C. A. Murton, 11:q., 27, Cornhill. SECRETARY (PRA) TEM.) Mr. W. J. Harrison. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 17, George-yard, Lombard-street, City. PROSPECTUS. This Company is established for the purpose of purchasing the property and continuing the business of the well known Oxford and Canterbury Musio Halls, so suzeessfully con ducted by the present proprietor, Mr. Charles Morton, for several years pa t. The Directors, in bringing the present Company before the public, are not inviting subscriptions to an unknown or un %Med venture, but to an established and highly remunerative Aindertaking, and one which, with the additional means at the command of a Joint-stock Company, may be made still More so. agreement has been entered into for the purchase of the Whole of Mr. Morton's interest in these properties, together With the goodwill of the business and the stock in trade, on terms highly advantageous to the Company, and in order to Chow his confidence in its future succe.s, he has subscribed for one-fourth of the entire capital, and will continue for 'Acme years the manager. It is the intention of the Company to increase the hotel ' a ccommodation, which has hitherto been found inadequate, and thus materially add to the present large returns. There is also an excellent private wine trade attached to both e stablishments, which is capable of considerable extension. It is impossible to show, with certainty, by any statistics, the returns which may be expected from the present under taking, but the certified accounts for the last three years show an annual profit of upwards of 20 per cent. upon the whole amount of capital, wh chit is contemplated eventually to tall up, The Present average attendance at the Oxford and Canter bury Music Halls is about 60,000 a month, and the proposed extension of business will doubtless render the profits of the smdertaking still more remunerative than ever. One- half of the capita has been already applied for, and applications for the remainder should be made to the bankers of the Company. accompanied by a deposit of £1 per share ; if no allotment be made the deposit will be returned. Pros; ectuses and forms of - application for shares may be obtained at the Oxford and the Canterbury, at the Brokers, and at the Temporary Offic B of the Company. The Share List will close on Tuesday, 26th July, 1864. THE REGENT'S CANAL IRON WORKS COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated under the Companies' Act, 1862, by which the liability of each shareholder is limited to the amount of his shares. Capital £250,000, in 12,501 shares of £2O each, First issue 8,000 shares, of which one-half are already sub. scribed by the 'Direct irs and their friends. Deposit £1 per share on application, aul £2 on allotment and the remainder in calls not exceeding £2 per share, at interval- , of not less than two months. it is not contemplated to call up more than £lO per share. DIRECTORS. James Goodson, 32, Kensington Gardens-square, Chairman. E , ward Horror, The Howe, Halstead, Essex. James Fennings, Fennings' Wharf, Tooley-street. John Everitt, is, Tokenhouse-yard, London. CoHinson Hall, sen., Navestock, Essex. John Watson Lay, 3, Savage-g trdens, Tower-MIL = Howard Reed, Hendon, Middlesex. William Tabor, Bishopsgate-street, London. Henry Grissell, Regent's Canal Iron Works, Managing Di rector, With power to add to their number. AUDITORS. Cornelius Walford, 14, Leadenhall-street. F. W. Spooner, Public Accountant. SOLICITORS. lle.sts. Kingsford and Dorman, Essex-street, Strand, W.C. BANKERS. The East London Bank, Lombard-street. FINANCIAL AGENTS. The Financial Corporation (Limit° A). 14, Leadenhall-streel SECRETARY (PRO TEM.) Fred. Bolland Moore, Regent's Canal Ironworks. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 14, Leadenhall• street, E.C. This day is published in Bvo, with lisps, price 14s. cloth, WHAT LED TO THE DISCOVERY OF THE SOURCE OF THE NILE. By JOHN BANNING SPEKE,- Captain H.M. Indian Army, Author of "Journal of the Discovery of the Source of' the Nile. W. Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. NEW WORK BY AUTHOR OF "LADY AUDLEY'S SET," ,te. O N L Y A C L D. This New Novel will commence in the August Number of the ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. This Company is formed for the purpose of carrying on, as a Joint-stock enterprise, the well known engineering works of ... 21 K- Henry Grissell, situate in the Eagle Wharf - road , negent's Cana', London, wh ch are now in lull operation. The Works were established by Mr. Grissell in the year 1814, and since that time have been most successfully carried on under his imme,late supervision. Each applicant will be required to pay into the bankers of the Company £1 per share on the number of shares applied for, and upon allotment to make a turth( r payment of £2 per share on the shares allotted to him. Further calls will be made at intervals of not less than two months, and no call Will exceed £2 per share. _ Prospectuses and forms of application for shares may be had 01 the Solicitors, and at the Offices of the Financial Cor poration (limited), 11, Leadenhall-street, City. E.C. T" FLINTSHIRE OIL AND CANNEL COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated, with limited liahility, under "The Companies Act, 1862.' Capital £500,070, in 10,000 shares of £5O each. First issue, 6,000 shares. Derosit on application, £1 per share. Further payment on allotment, £4 per share. No call will exceed £5, and three months at least will intervene between each call. DIRECTORS. James Burrows, Esq., Engineer, Douglas Bank. Wigan. William Carter, Esq., Director of the Miilwall iron Company, The Shrubbery, Shooter's-hill, Kent. Benjamin Darbyshire, Esq. (Messrs. Darbyshire, and Co.), LiverpooL E. W. Fernie, Esq., Giessen Manganese Works, Hesse Darm stadt, and Managing Partner of the Mineral Oil Company, Saltney, near Chester, and Leeswood, Flintshire. George Haworth, Esq., Managing Director of the Tryddyn Oit and Coke Company, Chester, William Hind, Esq. (Messrs. J. H. Hind and Co.), Liverpool, Chairman of the Commissioners of Birkenhead. George Rae, Esq., Banker, Liverpool, Chairman of the Tryddyn Oil and Coke Company. Joseph Robinson, Esq., 7, Laurence Pountney-hill, Lond on, E.C., and Berkhampstead. Robert Rumney, Esq., F.C.S., Manufacturing Chemist, Man chester. Peter Spence, Esq., F.C.S., Alum Manufacturer, Manchester and Goole. ANKERS. The North and South Wa l es Bank, Liverpool, and its several • Branches . . London—The London and Westminster Bank. Manchester—The Alliance Bank. SOLICITORS. London—Messrs. Sob, Turners. and Harawick. Liverpool —Messrs. Littledale, Ridley, and Bardswell, Manchester—Messrs. Sale, Worthington, Shipman, and Seddon. BROKERS. London—J. C. Fielding, Esq., 4, Ccpthall-court, E.C. Liverpool—George E. Schultz, Esq., Manchester-buildings, Tithebarn-street. Manchester—Messrs. Walker and Heap, 1. Dude-street, Ex change. Glasgow—Messrs. Miller and Ferguson, 71, Queen-street. AUDITORS. Messrs. Chadwick, Adamson, and Co., 27, Great George street, Westminster, S.W., and 64, Cross-street, Man chester. B. L. Price, Esq., 5, Gresham-street, London, E.C. Temporary Offices-4 and 5, Brown's-buildings, Liverpool, PROSPECTUS. The "Curly" Cannel of a small district in Flintshire yields a larger per-ventage of crude mineral oil, containing para ffin, than any cannel yet discovered. This oil, a:thoup...,ll only slightly inferior in quality to the celebrated petroleum of Pennsylvania, can be produced with profit at less than one-third the cost of the latter delivered in this country, whilst the refined oil distilled from the "Curly" Cannel commands nearly the same price as the re lined American article. From this mineral oil are produced spirits of turpentine substitute, burning oil, lubricating oil of three varieties, solid paraffin, and grease of several kinds. All these articles, when of good quality, find a ready market. The three processes, namely, raising the cannel, distilling the oil, and refining it, have hitherto been made three dis tinq and separate businesses, involving three different ma naeements, with their attendant expenses. This Company is formed to distil and refine oil from can nel procured from its own mine ; it will thus unite three businesses, from each of which large profits are now made. By this combination, and by having the command of ample capital and perfect processes, the Company will be enabled to conduct a large trade to the greatest advantage, and thus insure profits considerably in excess even of those now being realised, either from the manufacture or refining of oil in this country, or from its importation from any known source. In furtherance of these objects the purchase has been con cluded of the well-known works of the Mineral 'Oil Com pany at alltney (near Chester), and Leeswood, in Flintshire, and also of the Freehold Cannel and Coal Mines, Works, and other property of the Tryddyn Oil and Coke Company, contiguous to the Leeswood Works of the Mineral Oil Com pany. The Company will thus at once enter into a well-estab lished, lucrative, and rapidly increasing business, with com plete works in 1 ull operation and with organised agencies, and will at the same time acquire a freehold mine of well known value, on terms which will enable the Company to supply themselves with cannel of superior quality, at about one fourth of the present price. The purchase from the Mineral Oil Company also includes an existing contract which will entitle this Company to a supply of 100 tons per day of "curly" canne l f ro m the well-known Leeswood Green Col liery, for 22 years from 1860, at a price considerably below its Present market value. The price to be paid for the whole of the properties so purchased will not exceed £160,000, payable by instalments. ir,._ T h,P . ,Proprietors of the Mineral Oil Co m p an y and of th e " , I'n Oil and Coke Company subscribe a la r g e p r oportion Of the capital. th The Patent rights claimed by Messrs. Young and Co. f or e ber nuladnre of paraffin oil from coal will expire in Octo llext; in the meantime the operations of the Company will b e no tri ngeme rned to substances which will not involve any in- In the ev t e o n t t the rights alluded to. purpose of first by'ing of any further sue of shares (except for the trertl, will being. e offr eQ pro or rata additional pro to the shareholders such for shares the time Messrs. F ner Oileerule, Robinson, and Carter, as representing the Mr. George u ra , PallY ; and Mr. George Rae, Chairman, and C om p an y, h ave, iTtorh, Managing Director of the Tryddyn join the Board athrirerequest of the promoters, consentedto The preliminary :,,?.,ornPany per cent. of the capita i T cnses are guaranteed not to exceed 1 The articles of ass( vefati solicitors of the Com pany on may be seen at the offices of the Applications for uhares share s o paid of the de p osit or must be accompanied with the so paid exceed £5 per tier share ; in case the amount the surplus will be retu rned Pie number of shares allotted, balance must be paid Within t , but should it fall short, the letter of a'lotment, othe r wise the e time to be stated in the and the deposit lorfelted. allotment will be cancelled Forms of application for shares may be obtained from the brokers and soAcitors, and at th e Company orary offices of the retur In tuned s ned in full. where no allotment is made the deposit will be THE FLINTSHIRE OIL and CANNEL COMPANY, Limit e d. CompNO FURTHER APPLICATIONS for SHARES next, the any will be received after WEDNESDAY next, the nst. B rown's-buildiaga, Liver pool, July 15, 1864. N°. 22,485, ST. JAMES'S MAGAZINE, which will also contain the opening chapters of an Original Tale by PAUL FEVAL, Author of " The Duke's Motto," Sac. *** Order the Sr. JAMES'S MAGAZINE for August , whic h will begin a New Series. Price One Shilling Monthly. - - London : Kent and Co., Paternoster -row. MR. W. ' S. WOODIN'S ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY. and BACHELOR'S BOX. an Entirely New Entertainment, at the Polygraphic Hall, King William-street, Coaring-cross, EVERY EVENING, at eight (except Saturday); Saturday Mornings at three.— Stalls, and box stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. ; amphitheatre, ls. A Plan of the Stalls may be seen, and Seats secured at the Hail from eleven to five. Next Morning Performance, Saturday, May 7, at three. MR. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr. JOHN PARRY, will appear in their new ANGLO EGYPTIAN ENTERTAINMENT, THE PYRAMID. To be followed by THE BARD AND HIS BIRTHDAY, a new musical tercentennial séance, by William Brown, Esq., sustained by Mr. and Mrs. German Reed; and THE SEA SIDE, or MRS. ROSELEAF OUT OF TOWN, by Mr. John Parry. Every evening (except Sat rday), at 8 ; Thursday and Saturday mornings, at 3.—ROYAL GALLERY of IL LUSTRATION, 14, Regent-street. Unreserved seats, Is., 2s;; stalls, 38.; stall (spring) onairs, 55., can be secured in ad vance at the Gallery without fee. m " 0 XFOR D, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, the MERRY W IVES OF WINDSOR, by Otto Nicolai ; and UN BALLO IN MASCHERA ; sup ported by the whole of the Talented Company. Director. Mr. F. Jongrhmans. Comedy by UNSWORTH and EUGENE, Mr. T. Maclagan, W. Randall, G. Hutchenson, G. W. Jester, Miss Nelly Power (the juvenile comedienne), &c., &o. Admission—Area, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, Is. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. Open every Evening. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road, London. THIS EVENING, Will be produced, with alterations and improvements in production, the New Illusion, surpassing anything yet attempted. entitled THE TERCENTENARY • or,a NIGHT WITH SHAKSPERE, written expressly by W. F. Vander yell, Esq., in which Mr. W. Randall will re-appear. . _. ALSO, PRINCE BLOSSOM; OR, THE FAIRIES OF THE MAGIC FOUNTAIN AND THE FOREST OF SHADOWS ! "The figure of Fame, winged and trumpeted, passing and repsssing through the Magic Fountain, is so complete an Illusion that it wellnigh ceases to be illusory."—Morning Star, Feb. 19. Prince Blossom, Miss Townley. In addition to the usual Entertainments of the establish ment, supported by the whole of the talented comrany, in cludinc, Arthur Lloyd, Miss Nelly Powzr, Mr. T. Maclagan , N". Jester, _ _ _ A dmission—Area, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony. is. ANTHROPObLOSSOS.— This extraordinary mechanical phenomenon, rivalling nature herself in its vocal and elocutionary powers, will be exhibited for the first time at the ST. JAMES'S HALL, Piccadilly, on S itur day next, and following days, from lu till 10. Admission, One Shilling. The programme will be varied daily. MADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY; established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street NEW ADDITION. A full length portrait model of DR. COUTY DE LA POMMERAIS, the Poisoner, taken from the original photograph. by Mons. Trinquart, of Paris, from life, is now added to the Chamber of Physiognomy. Admittance, Is. ; Napoleon Rooms and Chamber of Horrors, 6d. extra. Open from 11 in the morning till 10 at night ARGYLL ROOM S, Windmill - street , Piccadilly, ARE OPEN EVERY EVENING. Latest dance music, from the immense repertoire of these world-known rooms, and performed by the unrivalled band, 40 in number. Ben Lomond Va!se by L. Mosca. Doors Open at Halt-past 8, commence at 1 Adrathaion DR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—Pre pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. cott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and fiver nomplaints, indigestion, wind, spasms, giddiness, cizziness of the eyes, &o. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. gootv. isilion..nd Liver Pill., The genuine ars; a square green pm:rage, -- -.Amhara Manager, M. GRENET. I stamp. FOUR PENNY PACKETS of HARPER TWELVETREES' GLYCERINE SOAP POWDER rld half a pound of Soap will wash fifty counterpanes in six ours, and sheets, shirts, table linen, &0., in half the nen , 1 time.—See Mrs. Goulder's Report, Chelsea, Laundry, S.W. Sold by erocers and druggists. Works, Bromley-by-Bow, London, E. PIGS! PIGS! PIGS!-INDIAN PIG MEAL, without husks, supplied to the Royal farms , Windsor , and in every county in England, IGs 6d per cwt. ; one cwt. equal to cwt. barley or any meaL Delivered free in Lon don. Established 1858.—THOM.AS PE &RCE, Manager, 66, Lant-street, Southwark. THE PATENT NEW-INVENTED TINTED SPECTACLES are patronised by the majority of the nobility, including Viscount Palmerston. They afford extra erdinary relief to weak, dim, and defective vision.—S. and B. SOLOMONS, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. DEAFNESS. —The SOUND MAGNIFIER and INVISIBLE VOICE CONDUCTOR for Deaf ness. It fits into the ear not perceptible, removes singing noises in the head, and enables deal persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies.—S. and B. SOLO AWNS, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. ROUND SHOULDERS, STOOPING HABITS, and DEFORMITIES are prevented and cured by CHANDLER'S IMPROVED CHEST-EXPANDING B RACES, for bo'h sexes, of all ages. They strengthen the voice and lungs, relieve indigestion, and are especially recom mended to children for assisting the growth and producing a perfect symmetrical figure, superseding the old braces and stays.-60, erners-street, Oxford-street, W. Illustrated Pamphlets forwarded. PHEASANT REARING for 1864. CHAMBERLIN'S AROMATIC SPANISH MEAL, ARKER RICE, PELLET, 1). S. MEAT GIIEAVES, pre pared with CAYCAR EXCELSIOR, is the most efficacious food for rearing and feeding Game, preventing gapes, snarls, and death. BOOKS on Feeding and the proper Management of Game, from hatching to maturity, with over 200 testimonials from the nobility and gamekeepers, with prices, posted free on re ceipt of two stamps, by Mr. James Chamberlin, Spanish Wine Merchant, opposite the Exchange, Norwich. CHAMBER LIN'S CANADIAN POULTRY MEAL for all the year round, 16s. per cwt., including hag. The use of this food keeps the chickens in perfect health; and the in crease of eggs, of the richest colour and flavour, is marvellous. Dog Greaves, 10s. per cwt. Please state price when ordering. N.B.—Advices received daily of the efficacy of the Spanish Meal and Caycars. One gentleman writes, "All my young pheasants last season were sickly, and several died ; those that were strong enough to eat your Spanish Meal recovered in two days, and became fine and beautiful birds." TE ETH. - IMPROVED MECHANICAL DENTlSTRY.—Professional abilities and great artistic skill have been most successfully combined in the production of ARTIFICIAL TEETH_ upon a new principle. The real value or the perfection of the art of Dentistry will be experi enced by all wishing to avail themselves of professional assistance by consulting Mr. AL BERT, 34, Great Russell street, Bloomsbury. whose experience has enabled him to effect such admirable. convenient contrivances by artificial means, and which are so pet fectly efficient. IMPORTANT INFORMATION. DR. ROBERTS' POOR MAN'S FRIEND is confidently recommended to the Public as an unfail ing remedy for wounds of every description, burns, scalds, chilblains, scorbutic eruptions , sore and inflamed eyes, dm: Sold in pots. is. lid., 2s. 9d.. 1 i s., and 225. each. Also his PILULIE ANTISCROPHULM, confirmed by sixty years' experience to be one of the best alterative medicines ever offered to the public. They form a mild and superior Family Aperient, that may be taken at all times without confine ment or change of diet. Sold in boxes, ls. lid., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., ils., and 225. each. Sold wholesale by the proprietors, Beach and Barnicott, Bridport, by the London houses, and retail by all respectable medicine vendors in the United Kingdom and Colonies. pR.I Z E ME D A L.-INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER dr CO., Wax Chandlers, dr.e., To the Queen and the Prince of Wales. (Established 1720.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862, testifies to the excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says : " I have found them fully equal to the recommendation which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, )1 com mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, Ordinary quality is. cd. per lb. with latted Wicks, patented.. 28 . 2d. p er lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality .. .. is. sd. per lb. Second quality ls. 3d. per lb. Third quality is. ld. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO.. 8, South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. AlanulaCtorY — Kensington. (Established 173)). The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar TEETH. —Mr. ESKELL'S INVENTION in the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the following advantages :—A set or teeth, of excellent work manship and mechanism, can be made and fitted with the Ps, and to answer all the purposes most perfect accuracy and success, in a few hours, without o d f s a t r l i ni lation. They are fitted without wires or tastenings, an 4 ad apt . themselves so perfectly to the gums, that they potainmoaarteixtcatriacor ann ar e quite immoveable, except at the option of the wearer. Invalids or residents in the country can ad just th ese teeth tom any changes . of the mouth without the aid of a dentist. They are not so iiable to injury, are always useful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea tise explaining Mr. Eskell's Patent, lc., free for 7 stamps. Inspection of specimens and consultations free.-B,Grosvenor street, Bond-street, W. ; and at 89, Bennett's-hill, BID. minium. Experiments at Shoeburyness. The daily and somewhat dull routine of the long compe tition between Armstrong and Whitworth will, we believe, be discontinued for the present week, to allow time for making some experiments at Shoebury, which are, to say the least, of quite as much interest and importance to the public as any results that are likely to be elicited by the gun contest. What has been done in this competition during the last week may be summed up in a very few words. The three 70-pounders have been tried entirely for range and accuracy with common shot, and with a few rounds of Boxer shrapnel shell for the Whitworth and segment for the Arm 'strong. With solid shot the elevation was continued up to 21 degrees, the shunt gun ahead of the breechloader in range, and the Whitworth ahead of the shunt, the latter keeping a gradually increasing lead as the elevation got higher, till at the highest, 21 degrees, it threw its shot very nearly three-quarters of a mile beyond the Armstrong. With a few rounds of shell burst in front of three target screens, placed at intervals of six yards apart, Mr Whit worth was equally successful. The spherical form and in creased density of the shrapnel bullets in Colonel Boxer's enabled it to inflict many damages which were apparently beyond the reach of the rough iron segments of the Arm strong shell. In the first and second screens the perfora tions were about equal, but in the third screen the Boxer shell effected, ate rough estimate, almost four or five times as many perforations as the Armstrong. At 2 degrees of elevation the shooting of Mr Whitworth's gun was some • thing almost marvellous in its accuracy. In longitudinal accuracy its shots made a beautiful group, while the mean of the lateral deviation was as low as about 6ft. Even Mr Lancaster, wonderfully as his gun now seems to shoot, can scarcely hope to attain better results than this. But, as we have said, the further prosecution of these trials stands adjourned for a week, to allow some to be tried that are, we venture to think, of more pressing interest to the service. These trials are first to continue experiments on three different systems of rifling,—viz., the French gun, Mr Lancaster's, and Commander Scott's; secondly, to test the range and accuracy of Sir William Armstrong's great 600- pounder at high elevation; and thirdly, to test the resist ance of aLa Gloire target—a target that has been built to precisely resemble, in all its most minute details of backing and fastening, the broadside of the much praised French frigate La Gloire, All these experiments are to take place, if possible, in the present week, which promises, therefore, to be one of the most instructive we have ever bad at Shoebury. First, as to the competing systems of rifling, the trial of which is now in full progress under the Ordnance Select Committee, which seems to get through its work with a quickness from which the Special Committee on Armstrong and Whitworth guns might derive a most valuable lesson. Four guns were made for this competition at Woolwich, all 7-inch calibre, to throw 1101 b shot, all weighing about 7i tons, and all manufactured on Sir William's improved plan —namely, with steel barrels and wrought-iron coils wound round them. One of these was a compound gun, with a rifling of 15 grooves, made to fire the lead-capped projec tiles proposed both by Mr Bashley Brittain and Mr Jeffereys. It is needless, however, to say more of this piece, as it has now been withdrawn from further compe tition. Another was a three-grooved gun used throughout Frame—the " canon ray e," with cast studs on the shot to enable it to take the rifling, and otherwise resembling though much inferior to Sir William's shunt gun. Another is Mr Lancaster's gun—the grooveless rifle with a slightly elliptical bore, having one complete turn in 52 diameters and firing a conical -headed shot lltin, long. The next gun which now remains to complete is that of Commander Scott, having a rifling of five shallow grooves, and firing a conical shot of 12tin. The trials of these guns have been made along a stated range, over the sands at low tide, for range and accuracy up to 10 deg., and with charges rising from the lower to the higher elevations of from 121 b. to 201 b,, and lastly, 251 b. The performances of the French gun may be summed up as making a respectable average in its range and accuracy, not worthy of much remark either as bad or good; in fact, just what any ordinarily good rifled -;.....--,„e• Xir (---,..„,e.e..---r...----e..-c..--- - ..- --,-- - -..„- ......„.„, 47 _ ~ ( ~_ . . ••• , ......., „PI '''''S. i .. , ....--, :. .0 . ,&_ ..,..... ~,,,...--............_. ‘1 1:Y •0 , -. 7-.. i. 7-41-,F. 4 sag • MS', \ 4 i ih. ~ . -?". , • , it - 71 . 4 ....4 :k ti 0c .: ,'' '' 6k - 1- e'r -- -i t l„y . I , • z - „,. • , •.:\ v --.-,- ' . , - *,,,i,4 4, - _ ' 4 L ,,, i • 4 - ~ , Nk . .__..- \.„,....................._ lin - - Aft. , '• 4 ' 4 ^ • . ik ~..„ , .0. . , ... .. ...... -- .6t,"" \ti":4`4',',: o l•; o - -- i. k Divine service on the Common upo , OW:plata - ai l ; 4 y intervening between the two weeks . :`. letitieni and this year the Archbishop of York kin ;iy cornt S seated to preach a sermon appropriate to the occa siert, and travelled up from his province in order to do so. To the large umbrella marquee, which has already proved so useful in other capacities, was accordingly imparted as much the air of a military chapel as circumstances would permit. A reading desk and pulpit were erected and covered with the Union Jack, and seats were disposed commodiously around so that as many auditors as possible might be accommodated, while those whom the limits of the tent could not contain were enabled to see and hear over the heads of the sitting portion of the congregation. When all had taken their places the aspect of the assembly was striking. With the 1 exception of a few seats in the vicinity of the pul -1 pit, where the Speaker of the House or Commons, Lord Houghton, and some members of the Council, with their wives and families, were placed, the whole interior space was filled with uniforms- The Guerds were. plac d to the right of the reading desk, the police to the left , and all the other seats wer e occupied indiscriminate l y by officers of the Line , Volunteers, &c. Outside t h e military assembly , and consequently outside t he p ro tection afforded by the marquee, other attendant s u p o n divine service, for the most part fashionably dresse d , braved the full rays of a burning sun. A short special service, s in im tr i o la d r uc t e o d th in a t t o u t s h ed e vinolmuniltietaerr seyrve churches, ie and by the Not. tingham Regiment (Robin Hood) was performed, the prayers being read by the Rev. T. Hanley Ball, M.A., lecturer of St. Mary's, Wimbledon, and the band of the London Scottish supplying a little too leisurely, but still with good effect, the instrumental accompaniment and guide to the singing. His Grace the Archbishop took his text from 2d Kings, chap. ix,, v. 18, and the opening portion of his dis course was directed to the contrast between that earlier dispensation in which Jehu entered furiously on his mission of vengeance, and the later and milder one having for its object the redemption of man kind. Many, he said, had been puzzled by the apparent inconsistency of the two methods of deal ing with the human race. The records of the older epoch were sickly with the odour of blood, while the New Testament was a metsage of boundless love. Did it follow that there had been any change of plan on the part of the great Designer ? Not in the least. The contrast was as plainly visible in our own time as it could be on the page of history. It was only the previous day that the crack of the rifle had been followed on that very spot by the ringing stroke of the bullet, showing, if need existed, that a life was in the hand of the man who fired the shot. That day they were met to glorify Him who gave up His own life that others might not suffer. The Archbishop briefly traced the rise and spread of the movement, holding that, although "Peace" should ever be the Christian's motto, there was a point where non-resistance ceased to be a duty—when free institutions were imperilled, when the lives and liberties of others were at stake, and when religion itself was in danger of being overthrown. Then, addressing himself to the volunteers more pointedly, he said that hitherto the influence of the force had been altogether for good. While it could never be an invading army it had taught its memo bers to conquer sloth, and to make diligent use of those leisure hours which too often there was a temptation to yield to idleness or worse. Its existence had been specially beneficial to the young, whom it was hardest for the ministers of religion to reach or to know much about. But there was even more that the force of its example might do. The Archbishop drew a striking picture of the re sults to be anticipated from the existence of a force whose members individually felt the full responsi. bility of their acts, who would shrink from staining their uniforms by contact with anything evil or ignoble, and of whom it could never be said that any one of their number had injured man or wronged woman. The characteristics of the ser mon throughout were its extreme earnestness and practical application. Apart fro the noteworthy circumstance that so eminent a dignitary of the Giurch of England thought it light prominently to endorse the o'.jects of the asettuiation, the address .....-0,..1 ao proloUr la an impression :hat a Liai.iza Wall urkivrshliy expressed that it might be published in cull, a request to which his Grace immediately ' STAXPED.....Sd. the Council, seen his way through two huge com• petitions, in each of which 2,000 men and upwards shot, than a third (the City of London) is upon him, which promises to attain proportions equally great. To most men the necessity for drawing up detailed squadding papers, of all compositions the dryest and moat perplexing, in a manner that shall defy the scrutiny of thousands of eager eyes on the following day would be a task sufficiently difficult, but to carry on this work and to have it protracted and post. poned from hour to hour by a running fire of ques tions, suggestions, doubts, explanations, reminders, extenuations, and every other form of application growing out of the hope of triumph or the con sciousness of defeat is enough to turn the blandest and most polished of men into an official hyena. But the astounding part of the matter is that, either in his tent or outside it, " irritation" seems to be a word unknown at Wimbledon. To such an extent is this fact recognised, that one gallant officer charged with the supervision of a particular depart ment went about for a whole day offering a reward of half-a-crown for a grumbler. As far as the con test has yet gone for the City of London prizes, the following were the highest scores made : CITY OF LONDON. At 200 yards. Points. Private C. Hall, 9th Middlesex lB Private S. W. Block, Victories lB Private G. Bettell, 7th Lincoln l7 Sergeant W. Fuller, Victories Private H. Radcliffe, 2d South Middlesex Captain 8.. Helium, 7th Inverness Corporal T. Sanders, sth Monmouth.. l6 Lieut. A. Haid, sth Monmouth Sergeant J. Taylor, Leicester Private J. Adams, 25th Stafford .. 16 Sergt.-Inat. C. Milner, 2d Middlesex l6 A. Leete, 22d Middlesex Captain W. Milligan, 31st Leicester l6 Colour- Sergeant A. Harmer. 11th Surrey Sergeant H. Smith, 15th Surrey l6 Private F. J. Clarke, South Middlesex .. l6 J. Y. Mayes, 37th Middlesex H. Fowkes, 6th Lancashire T. J. West, 47th Lancashire Private Wilson, Robin Hood l6 Ensign F. Hitchcock, 7th Wilts l6 At 500 Yards. Points Private J. Halsall, 21st Lancashire Captain Kersnaw, Bth Lancashire lB Private A. Watson, Ist Wilts l7 Lieut. A. S. Dickens, Victoria Corporal R. Prosser, W. Middlesex Ensign Walker, 6th Kincardine l7 Captain J. Mallam, 2 d Oxford Sergeant H. Smith, 15 th Surrey Captain J. W. Collier, 4 th W. York l6 Captain Colesworth, 2d Essex.. Ensign 0. Coathop, 27th Somerset Private T. P. Waite, 10th Glocester .. 16 Captain Jee, 55th Lancashiae l6 Sergeant Aolmes, Ist Manchester l6 Corporal Northam, London Rifle Brigade l6 F. W. Wells, 9th W. Middlesex Captain Cummings, 80th Lancashire The following were the other principal scores made on Saturday : ,' SATURDAY REVIEW" AND COUNT DE GENDRE PRIZES. Volley Firing at 400 Yards—Ten Men each. First Prizes. Points. 2d Stafford 144 Second Prizes. --- Ist Surrey .. 142 Third Przes. 19th Middlesex Ties for Fourth Prizes. Ist Warwick 47th Lancashire Bth Lancashire 134 COUNTY MATCHES. Ten Competitors.—Five Rounds at each distance. 200 Yds. 500 Yds. Total Points. Points. Points. St affordshire lll .. 129 .. 273 • Gloucestershire Middl ese x Norfolk Lancashire Warwickshire Midlothian Worcestershire Wiltshire Kent Herefordshire Nottinghamsire Berkshire Derbyshire FIRST SERIES EXTRA PRIZES-500 yards. Ties of 18 shoot for place. Ties of 17 shoot for seven prizes and places. SECOND LERIES EXTRA PRIZES—Any rifle, assented. As the congregation dispersed a collection was made on behalf of the poor of Wimbledon, th© con tributions being appropriately received in the boxes which on week days are devoted to pool and sight- ing tickets. The match between the Lords and Commons, which it is the intention of their Royal Highneeses the Prince and Princess of Wales to honour with their presence, will be shot this afternoon. It is expected that the competition will be completed in half the time this year which was requisite on the last occasion, as each 11 will be divided into two squads, and a corresponding number of targets allotted. The gratification of spectators will be in creased, while the convenience of members of either House is consulted by this arrangement. On the part of the House of Lords the following will be representative Peers :—The Marquis of Abercorn, Earl of Aberdeen, Earl of Airlie, Lord Bolton, Earl of Ducie, Lord Dufferin, Earl of Eldon, Lord Lis more, Earl Spencer, Lord Suffield, and Lord 800 yards. Highest Scores. Points. Hen. Member Miller, Bristol Lord Dade Lieutenant Squire, 3rd Elgin ALBE ST—FIRST STAGE. Highest Scores .at 200 Yards. Points Sergeant Palmer, 36th Stafford Private Colquhoun, Dumbarton lB Private J. Bak'r, Ist Gloucester lB Colour-sergeant J. Clems, 3rd Renfrew Private G. Wilkins, Gth Aberdeen l7 Sergeant G. Gibbs, Ist Gloucester l7 Hon. Member G. Miller, Ist ditto Captain llerbrrt, Coldstream Guards lion. Member Lleoford, Bristol Count de Gendro Captain Gregg, 27th Cheshire Major Holloway, 11th Norfolk Hon. Member T. Robbins, Ist Wilts ENFIELD ASSOCIATION CUP, value £5O. Winner, Sergeant H. M. Aldridge, 4th Dorset, 35 points. On Saturday evening, between 9 and 10 o'clock the competition for the Cw/ prize was entered upon There has been snme natural apprehension tha' danger was inseparable from rifle shooting after dark; and one night, when experiments were going forward, the active patrol in camp, in igno- THE PAIR OF MOORUKS, those curious birds of ranee of the cause of the firing, was hastening to the ostrich family, in the Zoological Gardens, which the spot to arrest all the parties concerned, when were brought from Sydney in May, 1858, have at length they were stopped, and the matter satisfactorily succeeded in breeding young, Two previous attempts were explained. A single glance at the range on Saha- unsuccessful, in consequence of the male bird, who always h h a . tches the . egr, l h t a t ving destroyed day evening showed that there was one importantyed ea th f e yonntgebirdsst. whenOh safeguard which the nervous had entirely over- they we s as re lo h n at t ched, and er wplearceerde removed a hen m until a n ufficiently looked. The red lamp at night is a more effective strong to be restored to the parent birds.-21thencrum. danger signal than the red flag by day. Among the THE " SPECTATOR'S " ANALYSIS OF THE LATZ multitudes of other objects, and in the preoccupation VOTE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. The Tories of his mind, a man in the daytime may net notice really secured 18 Ultramontane votes, but lose the g ame , that a flag which he believes to be lying down has through the resolution of their own side not to supp or t suddenly been snatched up ; but he must be negli- them. The numbers were in England, for Great G lr ° eland , 27 gent indeed if, firing at a light 200 yards off, the 260 to 220 against; in Scotland, 37 to f 6 1 3 4 i ; ii Britain, only object within view,he fails to see that another to 72, giving Government light different in colour has been shown beside, or rfoedrucedto Catholics and Colonel in front of the one at which his piece is levelled. GovernmentlB by th l e , Irish Liberal am vote.ajr: majority t Tv: conservatives voted Greville against ' it: but no English or . Scotch Liberal The Council wisely placed the entrance fee high for o w n i y th theb:rdals were who might havetu ban d, the Government would have quitted his party. On the other I:tilndgp I 9 this prize, in order that there might be no over• absent and 15 Conservatives, t, turns hr scale. Without the I r t r e i s n 1 1 a crowding at the firing points—something over 100 20, shots were fired on Saturday night, and the " owl's defections, on . the other majority. B y THE FEDERA.Ls.--Letters have had a sweeping eye" was broken twice—not a very large per cent. age, but then it must be remembered that there is received in Hull from two men w ho have no guide whatever to the marksman. If he once KIDNAPPING tu s a t k b i e d e ti n apped into the Federal servic©. One o ' i' them is " gets on," in shooting phrase, he may continue f rom am„ name d Donor, who l e f t H u ll f or Now York easily enough to break the glass, shot after shot, about 12 mo nths ago. He was by trade a painter, and ono day he was.n BO f n a t e i t er b by a person who offered him a very good k which he but in the meantime his bullets may be drawing a e :tsked to drink circular pattern just round the glass, and there will job —one, was to make his fortune. be nothing to show that they did not lodge in the 'afterwards he became insensible,ovrthe bargain, and when nd he e id a so a . iL Soon re outer corners of the target. A very curious effect covered consciousness he foun that a he had been g trans was produced when the glass was struck and brokem dig- formed into a F e d era l sold i er . Il e was sen t to a depot, where i A cry of "Danger" was raised at onc e, and thewith several o th er E ng li s h recru its he was drilled heavily tance swarmed with red and white li g hts, if which every day, and after a few weeks was sent to join the arm y , crawled like glowworms about the emban....ments 9 where at the date of the letter ho was compelled to fight in When d a mages rlbi the h ranks. The o their owners being wholly invisible.other letter has been received by Mr Winh; were repaired, and the marke rs had got 'n i hatter, Waterv,orks-street. i Hull. It is from , sa e y 4(.4 am, to their butts, there was a shout of ' All right," nephew, who states that he lett Liverpool nan Am_ and the firing recommenced. Mr. Malcolm,. m . p ship. On the voyage he was very much ill- And by the 9 captain and crew, and he states that immediately on being a nd continued till the directed the butt marking, range was closed. For competitors the scene was landed he was seized by soldiers and taken by force to an island near New York, the name of which he duos n o ot give. t h e gen . eral public soon had Here he met with several other Englishmen, very interesting, but aThis whom 0 wia, ,, e specially as the great heat had b h een impressed in2to3 states enough of " The th a e recruits were being of the day made ;standing about at that hour feel . He complains loudly that The majority of lookers on in conse. drifted chi t and d that the writera almost expected hourly to rather chilly. receive orders Y' to join the army fire of the the British Government does not interfere to prevent these que ues deserte d this s p ot for the cam p w here, as usual, they were hospitably re- scandalous outrages up Victories, on Englishmen, apparently forget ceived, and mirth and melody lasted till a late hour. ting that by going to America and on board an American Yesterday (Sunday) th e encampmen t presented a ship he f or f e it e d all reasonable c l aim upon the coun tr y he very interesting spectacle. It has been usua l to hold deserted. Vernon. The House of Commons will be represented by Earl Grosvenor, Lord Etch°, Lord Bury, Mr. Mal• calm, Mr. Vivian, Mr. C. R, Talbot, Mr. Dillwyn, Mr. Forster, and Mr. Duncombe. As to the two remaining places a alight uncertainty exists, but Mr. Wyndham, Mr. Humberston, and Mr. D. Griffith among them will supply the vacancies, leaving one hon. member in reserve in case any unforeseen emergency should arise. Corrections to Friday's Scoring :—First Stage, Queen's, name omitted—Lieutenant Puckle,London Scottish, 40 points. First series, extra prizes, name omitted—Private Green, 19 Northampton, 17 points. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 18, 1864. KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC, BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRISII WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It ij Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded " Kinahan's LL Whisky.", THE WELLINGTON THREE SHILLING DINNER, consisting of Soup. Fish, Made Dish, Joint, Sweet. &c., is served from 3 to 9 p.m. The SALOON DINING ROOMS on the First Floor are open for Luncheons at 1 o'clock. 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Vice-Patron —His Royal Highness the Prince of WALE S,K.G President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. The numerous and urgent appeals of' the sick poor for ad mission compel the Committee to entreat the bounty of the affluent and humane, as the medical officers are daily obliged to treat as out-patients many distressing cases which. with more adequate funds, they would gladly admit into the wards. The premises of the Hospital are capable of containing 500 beds. The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on 1 voluntary contributions and legacies, which are received by the Treasurer, Edward Alas rerman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co.: Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. .Iliams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street ; Masterman and Co. ; I. Barned and Co., Liverpool; and at the Hospital, from 10 till 5. STANFORD S. SUITII Secretary. gun can do, and nothing more. The studs, however, are in most oases torn away by the increased pitch of the rifling towards the muzzle—a most serious fault, as the pieces, flying like shrapnel, would make it dangerous to use the gun over the heads of troops, to say nothing of the impos sibility of using same ammunition twice over, Never, we believe, during the whole time the Armstrong shunt gun has been in use have any of its studs become detached from the shot in firing or atter firing; in fact, during one stage of the competition with Mr Whitworth, Sir William fired many rounds with shot that were used for the third time, and with the moat perfect success as regards range and accuracy. Commander Scott's gun has also given, so far as it has gone, a very good average result, but there is no question that Mr Lancaster's gun is distancing all its com petitors, and is doing as well ae, if not better than, either Sir William or Mr Whitworth as regards range and accu•• racy. At all the elevations up to which this gun has yet been tried he has been ahead of other competitors in initial velocity and in range, while in accuracy the shooting has been really astonishing, It is impossible to give the official result of this last week's trial for a day or two, but the re sumption of trials to-day is looked forward to at Shoebury with the interest natural to artillerists who find that at the eleventh hour a coippetitor has arisen against whom both Sir William and Mr Whitworth will have to work hard to hold their own. Mr Lancaster's gun would perhaps ere this have been pronounced perfect by the judges but for one serious drawback in its efficiency—the difficult nearly always experienced in getting its shot home. This hitch has occurred with more or less obstinacy almost every time the gun has been loaded, and of course unless such a defect can be shown to be removable, the gun, no matter what its accuracy, would be all but useless for service, All these guns will be severely tested by the Special Committee, as the following progrsmmo sufficiently shows : " 1. The committee will ascertain the initial velocity due to the following charges in each gun employing lubricators : five rounds, 121 b ; five rounds, 201 b; five rounds, 251 b, Repeat the same without lubricators, but with a gummet wad placed between cartridge and shot, observing in both cases the recoil on a wet platform without compressor, ob serving the slope very carefully. " 2. The guns will be mounted on garrison sliding car riages on traversing platforms, and fired down the range, with charge 251 b, without wad behind the shot, but with the service lubricator and felt wad. One preliminary round each, solid shot, at 2 deg, do 5 deg, do 10 deg. " 3. Fire 10 rounds at 2 deg elevation, by spirit level, from each gun, at marks at the same distance apart as the guns. Each gun to be laid directly on the mark, with no allowances for wind or deflection. " 4. Repeat at 5 deg. " 5. Repeat at 10 deg. 4 t 7,8, 9. Repeat the practice at 2 deg, 5 deg, 10 deg, as before with 201 b charge, firing one preliminary trial shot from each gun at each elevation. " 10. The bores and vents to be examined, " 11, 12, and 13. Repeat the pract ce at 2 deg, 5 deg, 10 deg, with either 201 b or 251 b, to compare with previous practice in respect to uniformity of range, Bores and vents to be again examined. " 14. The remaining nine rounds per gun lof the first supply of solid shot (130) will be fired with such charge and charge elevation as the committee m a y direct with or without wads. y "15. 200 T ra en i p le r s oj t e o ct b i e le fi s r o ed of the w tfirst 251 b supply at 10 deg. 16. Fifty shots of the secon d s upply will be flied for the further test of the facility of loading, wear of the grooves, effect of fouling on the l oadi ng and shooting, and endurance of the guns with e ither 261 b or 201 b charges. Each gun will be separately te sted. " 17 Bore to be examined. " 18. Each gun will then fire 50 rounds spherical cast iron shot of mean guage 6 . 90 p l us or minus • 02 , with charge 151 b, to ascertain how far the several systems of grooving can stand the use of round shot , and how far they i l which have tra velled favour accurate shooting. " 19. Bore to be examined. " 20. The remaining .50 shots of the second supply to be then fired with either 201 b or 151 b, as before. " 21. Bore to be examined. " 22. The committee reserve to themselves full latitude in the use of th , s second 100 rounds to fire them in such a way as to bring out the strong or weak points of any one of the systems in such a manner as they judge best calcu lated to answer the purpose of this inquiry —viz., which of these five systems of projectiles and four systems of rifling is to be preferrred, and to determine whether any one of them is to be recommened for further trial or adoption. " 23. The trial of still silot or shells against iron de fences and of castiron common and segment shells will be confined to the gun preferred as a shot gun." Among otners a must important experment was tried last week at Shoebury with the Armstrong 600-pounder shunt, to ascertain what its effect would be at about 4,000 yards range. Of course it was not possible to ascertain this on a range actually of that length, as the Govern ment have on land greater than 800 yards, arid it would be impossible to erect a target in the sands so far out to sea. The experiment was, nevertheless, just as conclusively made by a calculation of initial velocities. The initial velocity or speed at which the 600 pounder moves has been taken by Narvaez's electric apparatus at ranges from 200 up to 1,500 yards, and with these two numbers it was easy to find the third —namely, what its speed would heat 4,000 yards, which was found to be at the rate of 860 ft per second. The next thing to be ascertained was the charge of powder which would drive it from the gun at this velocity; and this being found to be 401 b, it was at once easy to make experiments at 200 yards, which would give precisely the same results as to destructive effects that would be got at 4,000. The gun, therefore, was loaded with a 401 b charge and a steel shot weighing 6031 b. This was fired against a very celebrated target at Shoebury, called the " box target," and one of the strongest, if not the very strongest, ever constructed. It is faced outside with one of John Brown and Co's admirable 6} inch armour plates. Behind this, strengthened with horizontal stling,ers of wrought iron, are 18 inches of teak, and behind this, again, a double skin of iron, lUn thickness, the wh o l e b e i ng b a cked by iron ribs 22ia by 10in, As the resistance of armour plates increase as the square of the additional thickness, this target is literally more than twice as strong as the Warrior broad side. The 600 pounder, as we have said, was fired against this with a 401 h charge. The shot left the gun at a speed of 860 ft per second, and struck at a velocity of 840, crashing through both plate and backing. The point of impact was, unfortunately for the shot, just where the target was strongest from the support of nearly 3ft of solid pine beams, which form the box sides. Yet armour plate and baeking were both crashed through, a perfect s h ower o f pieces of the armour and splinters, or littl e b eam s rather, being cast f a r and wi▪ de in all directions. Nothing could be more conclusive than this p roof that, according to both theory an d practic• e, the Armstrong 600 pounder is capable of smashing through the strongest seagoing armourclad that could be got .to float at a distance of 4,000 yards, or more. There i s no reason to doubt that the same result would have been effect e d i f the shot h a d b een fi re d at 500, or even 600 yards, instead of 200—increase of range which, according to the calculated scale we have described, would have represented an actual distance of all but three miles. The experiment, therefor e , wa s satisfactory in this result, and still more satisf actory in another, the War.office having now determined to try the 600-pounder regularly with its full charges of p owder and shot up to 14 degs. of e levation, which is the highest that can be got with its pre• sent carriage. The gun h as, therefore, with the greatest difficulty (for everything co nnected with the transport of heavy ordnance is of the roughest and most primitive kind at Shoebury), been placed on th e b ank over l oo ki ng th e sea , and the experiments will be continued with it to-day and to - morro w, till we sh all at last know something of the piece, good or bad. It has been n . e . arly twoyears at Shoebury, but incredible as it May seem, it has never been tested properly yet. o world.o - but many rifled 600-Penn" d to Shoebury it was the IGpaeorolrugvVsne:hsdratneennrmrdsifl:etneawhdbtehsogauh6nttaOuivOtshipoesgotvtoiuniat l n,alduve: otr of canl:orse one, It is so no longer. Many , they h ave num b ers o f 300- which there is no second opi nEivoneninthaen any part Preparation and general un readiness we sometim es lookdown upon with so mu ch self. i complacency, have not failed to provide themselves with some of Sir William's 30 0- pounder shunt-gun s , while we not only have none o f this ki nd yet in the serv i ce , but we believe almost none m anufactured Danes, whose the want wo rld of Where th e y h ave b ee n used. , except those now lying idle in front of the targets where they have been used only to demonstrate their value to other countries. The Ameri cans have now literally hundreds of 600-pounders, and have just succeeded in casti n g at Pittsbttrg a 20-inch gun to throw a spherical shot of 1 , 6001 b. To be sure, all these guns are n weak Powder in low charges, but shows that the Americans smoothothere not bores altogether experimentfi re with o d f la swrot w g ee k low velocities. end th o l;600 hein trustin g to h eavy s h o t a t that could be expected spoken of out o f its gun which would not at clo se range be s ure to tell with almost sinking effect on the, ver y best of our ironclads. In Sir William's large shun t g uns, howe ver, we have ordnance which are strong enoug h to be e q ua l to thehighest charges , and a capable of thr owing 150 or 300 pounder shot to a T lbs r h e et is we have no charg e range and with an accuracy which no oth er gun c l a ims to effect but Mr Whitworth's 150 pounder; for Mr Whit worth has not yet brought forward a 300 pounder. If there could be only a competitive trial with Sir William's 150 pounder and Mr Whitworth's against a o c o c o u w r a a c y y , or , a result would be gained armour plates and w ith shot and shell for range , "otdhedresotnrutchteivfienneaslisty of which, as far as these ordnance are concerne d, the p ublic mi ght depend. At the same time it is in a man ner unfai r to Mr Whitworth t o proceed to try Si r William's shunt g uns o f l arge ca libre without inviting him to s u pp l y 150 or 300- pounders, i t h e can do so, to be tried as s oon as p ossi ble afterwards. THE WIMBLEDON MEETING, On Saturday there was another bright sunny day, well adapted for showing off the camp to the visitors, who came down in vast numbers, but, if anything, rather too bright for successful shooting, so that in competitions where the time of firing was optional many of the wariest riflemen hnld back till the cooler hours of the afternoon, familiarly known to anglers as " the killing time." The tedious, but in •teresting process of shooting off the ties for the first stage of the Queen's Prize occupied some hours, and when the previous day's list of 114 had been reduced to the 100, who gain prizes this year, instead of 60, as formerly, it was found that the Metropolitan Volunteers, although distanced and outnumbered by those from country districts, were still creditably represented. No less than three members of the Ist City of London won their way into the first detach ment, composed of the 30 most successful shots among the 2,128 competitors ; and the same fore• most class likewise includes the names of Captain Field, of the Hon. Artillery Company and Private Vignoles, of the 38th Middlesex (Artists'). The list, as ultimately settled, was as follows :• QUEEN'S PRIZE—FIRST STAGE. List of Winners in Order of Merit. Winners of Silver Medal, 30 Whitworth Rifles, 30 Prizes of £5 each, and 30 Badges, N.R.A. Points. Points. Private Ilaward, let Serg. Jenks, Ist Shrop - folk (winner of silver shire .. .. 43 medal) .. 47 Priv. Rhead, 3d Glouces- Private J. Edwards, 4 th ter Art iller y .. 43 Kent .. 47 Ensign Lloyd, Ist Devon 43 Priv. Lane, Ist Gloucester 47 Priv. Scott, 4th Renfrew 43 Corporal Richardson, 3d Captain Joe, 55th Lanes- C am bridge Universit y.. 46 shire . 43 Private Frere, Ist London 45 Serg. Jeffries, 18th Che- Corp. Worth, BthWarwick 45 shire _ _43 Priv. Goodson, Bth Herts 45 Col.-Serg. Marriott, 4th Priv. Chivers, sth Wilts 45 West York 43 Capt. Field, Hon , Artil - Lieutenant Heske th, 27th lery Company .. 44 Lancashire .. 43 CoL-Serg. Reavill (2),26th Sergeant Edwards, 6th Kent .. . .. 44 Stafford 43 Sergeant-Maj. Robinson, 44 Stubbings. 7th 2d Lincoln Artillery .. Dorset .. .. 43 Priv. Ingram, let Lanark 44 Priv. Nodder, Ist Lanes- Ensign Thomas, 4th W. shire .. .. 43 York .. . 41 Private Wyatt, Ist Lon- Priv. Vignoles, 38 th Mid - don . • .. .. 42 diesex 44 Priv. Stormont, I st Lon - Major Scott, 33d Lanca- don • • .. 42 shire .. 43 Col.-Serg. Westake, 18th Corp. M`Bean, 4th Box- Devon burgh .. 43 Winners of £5 each al Points. Serg. Gutteridge, 34th Stafford 42 Capt. Russell, Ist ;Mx.. 42 Corp. Whitwell, Ist West York ~ . .. 42 Lleut.-CoL Raiford, 4th Leicester . .. 42 Priv. Oakes, 11th . Surrey 42 Private Keiser, 2d Tower Hamlets .. 42 Serg. Birks, 4th Notts .. 42 Private Danko, Ist Notts 42 Serg. Williamson, 29th Lanarkshire .. 42 Lieut. White, 25 . h West York .. .. 42 Private Hanson, Bth Staf fordshire .. 42 Ensign Burton, 40th Mid dlesex .. . .. 42 Corp. Rodger, sth *Forfar shire .. .. 42 Corp. Connell, Bth Dur -1 am. 42 Ensign Lockhart, 7th Ayr .. .. 42 Corp. Allen, 14th Wilts.. 42 The following are winners in the 2d stage (Queen's) Points. Private Hall, 9th Middle sex 41 L 30 Badges, N.R.A. .. 42 „ Points. Private Dolamore, 27th Middlesex .. .. 41 Col-Sergeant Hart, 38th Middlesex .. .. 41 Corp Germyn, 2d South Middlesex • • .. 41 Private Bruce, let Edin burgh . • .. .. 41 Private Brooks, Ist Dev on 41 Serg. Deacon, 6th North ampton .. • . .. 41 Ensign Black, 22d Middle sex • • • • .. 11 Private Hepplestone, 6th Lancashire 41 Private Holland, Ist Mid dlesex .. .. 4 t Capt. Milli gan, Leicester 41 Private Hemery, 11th Middlesex .. 41 Serg. Snelous, Bth Che shire .. 11 Private Popplewell, 37th West Yorkshire.. .. 41 Private Simmonds, 12th Bergs 41 of £3 each, but do not shoot Points. Priv. Buxton, Bth Derby 40 Capt. C.-SerMitch h e gt. W ll , l ite, st Cla Bth Kck ent 40 mannan .. . . 40 Capt. Bali, 25th gtafford . 40 Ens. Gruning, 14th Mid dlesex . . .. 40 Priv. Clarke , Kent 40 Sergt. Spurrell, 12th Kent 40 Sergt. Kimble, 25th Kent 40 Private Noraworthy, 23d Middlesex .. 40 Private Holloway, sth Glocester .. .. .. 40 Corp. hissett, sth Forfar 40 iCapt. Greg, 22d Cheshire 40 {Private Seaman, 27th W. York .. .. .. 40 Corp. Dunn, 7th Kent .. 40 Col.-Sergt. Baines, 23d Middlesex .. .. 40 Ensign Hitchcock, Gth \IN ilti .. .. .. 40 MT.Tt7AV, illtfrM: ' A coln .. .. .. 40 Priv. Anderson, 3d Lei cester .. .. .. 40 Sergt. Muir, 3d Kirkcud bright .. .. .. 40 Sergt. Porteous, oth laid dlesex 41 Priv. Crtddle, 11th Corn wall ~41 Ensign Hooper, 40th Mid dlesex .. • • • • 41 Corp. Day, 6th Cheshire 41 Lieut. Fryer, 4th North York . 41 Priv. Wyatt, 13th Salop.. 41 Priv. B I aekmore, 2d Devon 41 Priv. Birkley, 2d Tower Hamlets .. 41 Serg,t.-Instructor Robin son, 16th Middlesex .. 41 Capt. lladden, Is t Notts .. 41 Priv. Atkins, 12th Essex 41 Priv. Payitt, 16th Somer set. .. 41 Serct. Milner, 2d South Middlesex .. .. 41 Lieut. Waft vtvilfg.: II C.-Sergt. Churchill, Ist London .. .. 40 C.-Sergeant Delves, 17th Kent .. 41 Corp. Roberts, 6th Salop.. 40 Priv. II arper, 2d Salop .. 4 From this list it will be seen that although the top scores made with the Enfield rifle in the first stage of the Queen's Prize have not been as high this year as in 1863, the competitors shot very evenly and steadily throughout, the figures descend ing in regular gradation and without break or in terruption, from 47 downwards. In fact, calculations have been entered into with a view of showing that the general average of the shooting for the Queen's Prize this year is higher than it was in 1863—a view which is certainly supported by the fact that last year three men who had made 41 were included in the first class of 30, which this year contains no competitor who scored less than 42 ; and that the second class of 30 then contained 19 volunteers who qualified with 40 marks, whereas this year the first name having 40 opposite to it, is pushed down to the 77th place on the list. The small-bore shooting exhibits an undoubted improvement this year. In competitions where 20 is the highest possible num ber, 19 marks have been made and beaten over and over again. This was the case notably at the second series of extra prizes given for the highest score at 800 yards with any rifle. Lord Ducie made what was apparently the fine score of 19, but just after wards the statistical department received intelli• gence that there had been ties at that number, and finally, it was exceeded by a gentleman from the noble lord's own county. Experience shows daily more and more what a fund of experience and observation is indispensable to the rifleman who seeks to compete on anything like equal terms with the first-class shots abounding at Wimbledon. The wind, the light, the character of the soil, the lie of the range, all these are points that cannot be too carefully 'studied. The day has gona by when buying a good rifle and holding it straight was all that was requisite in small-bore contests, and the volunteer who hss never shot anywhere beyond his county range, is as much at a loss when he comes to the head-quarters of the National Association as an untravelled person on his entrance into society. As one instance of what it is in the power of practised shots to accomplish, take the case of Captain Beaton. In the course of the present meeting he has fired 61 shots at the Swiss target. Of these 58 were bull's-eyes, 26 of the shots lodging within the 11-inch carton. A point which is being forced into prominence by the high average shooting, both with smooth bores and regulation rifles, is the manner in which ties ought in future to be disposed of. Matters have reached such a pitch now that in the Alexandra com petition, if targets were g iven up in adequate numbers to allow the ties to be shot off expedi tiously there would be enough to throw back the proceedings of the Association fora day. Irre• spective of equal scores for higher prizes, there are no lees than 109 of 15 f or a prize of £3. R eran ,. bering that 108 must be disappointed when these ties are shot off, and that the net value of the prize if distributed among them would be a little over 6d. per man, it sounds like an absurdity, but it is never theless true, that eac`a out of those 109 competitors will incur an outlay of 2s. for sighting shots before the question of precedence can be determined. Suggestions have been made in some quarters that the matrer should be decided by lot ; in others that a gradual process of elimination founded upon a comparison of the scores made at the different ranges should be employed. It is evident that some general principle as to ties must be adopted, once for all, now that between 2,000 and 3,000 competitors enter for a single prize. The extent of the difficulty in the case of the Alexandra Prize will be seen from the following statistics : ALEXANDRA PRIZE. At 200 Yards. 2 ties of 16 to shoot for first prize of £2O. 14 ties of 17 to shoot for one prize of £l5, and six prizes of £lO. 28 ties of 16 to shoot for 16 prizes of £5. 109 ties of 15 to shoot for one prize of £3. At 500 Yards. 6 ties of 18 to shoot for two prizes of £l5. 19 ties of 17 to shoot for two prizes of £lO, and 16 prizes o f £5. 52 ties of 16 to shoot for 19 prizes of £3. No isooner has Captainyage, the executive officer of NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF " ST. OLAVE'S. " Now ready ? at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., T A N 1 T A'S CRO S S. By the Author of "St. Olave's." "There is real cleverness in Janita's Cross.' The charac ters are distinctive and life-like."—Steurciay Review. 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